The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Cairo yesterday. They discussed bilateral...
The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Cairo yesterday. They discussed bilateral...
RIYADH: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 89, has "successfully" undergone a new operation on his back, the royal cabinet announced Sunday. The operation,...
LONDON: A spike in shale oil and gas production is revolutionising the energy sector and risks weighing on prices of conventional crude, according...
TOKYO: Japan is to provide Myanmar with $615 million in government loans, a report said Sunday, just days after the United States scrapped...
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday launched an urgent appeal to raise $10 million (7.8 million euros) in a bid to...
Supporters gather in an under-construction building as they watch the funeral procession of Indian Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party leader Bal Thackeray in...
MADRID: Tens of thousands of Spanish doctors, nurses and hospital staff marched through the capital Madrid on Sunday to protest budget cuts and...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Israeli jets Sunday bombed two Gaza City media buildings, injuring at least eight journalists, with the Israeli army saying...
PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian foreign ministers sought yesterday to heal a rift over territorial rows involving China, aiming to build unity ahead of...
PHNOM PENH: The Philippines will lobby for the holding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders’ forum once a year instead...
MANILA: The Philippines faces bright economic prospects despite the global slowdown, visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said. “You will...
YANGON: Myanmar’s leader said yesterday deadly communal unrest is hampering his nation’s reforms and causing it “to lose face” on the world stage,...
MANILA: Seven Philippine soldiers were killed and eight others wounded yesterday in a clash with communist guerrillas who are waging a decades-old Maoist...
TOKYO: Two of Japan’s most outspoken and headstrong politicians announced yesterday they would join forces to fight next month’s general election, media reported....
Policemen patrol on a street in Karachi yesterday on the second day of first Islamic month of Muharram. Security was beefed up across...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani security establishment feels extremely agitated over a plethora of statements coming from the highest judicial circles, coupled with some recent...
KABUL: Afghanistan has launched a new literacy programme that enables Afghan women deprived of a basic education during decades of war to learn...
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik Insaf (PTI) party has announced the schedule for intra-party election in the federal capital Islamabad today. As many...
